Hi aladin — "So what do you think - a Ukraine level event being run as a test against North American infrastructure or really stupid design exposed by the 'coincidental' fiber cuts?"
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' The outage dominated social media in the region, with Twitter user Cody Neal joking: “I have no way of communicating with my wife about what we’re having (for) supper other than walking upstairs and asking.”
An Ontario Twitter user, Jordan MacKinnon, joked: “My thoughts and prayers are with those in Atlantic Canada, who are currently being forced to speak to each other like it’s 1994.”'
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I spent many years in the Maritimes: Fredericton, Halifax, Moncton, Summerside, Saint John and more, with a final visit to Newfoundland in 2008. Maritimers are wonderful people, but the region is chronically underdeveloped. It's been late to the Internet party, with many areas still underserved. And we're not just talkin' telecom.
Considered posting this story at the time of occurrence, but decided the matter was of marginal interest to Frank's readers. So it was a surprise to see your message.
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The answer to your question comes down to ROI. Design took a back seat to cost. Population density and politics played their parts.
There's no redundancy or parallelism and for the foreseeable future, there won't be. Canada is the world's second-largest country, with its longest coastline. Population? Roughly one-tenth that of the United States. Think about it. In terms of tax base and finance, we're stretched to the limit -- government and private sector, both.
Except by satphone, people in most of Canada's area can communicate with difficulty, if at all. Development in eastern Canada has been "best efforts" and slow. The fact that Maritime telecommunication doesn't "measure up" to some loftier US standards is offset by hard realities.
Jim |
